Christchurch electrician Tim Fensom has been awarded $23,200 after he was fired for declining to use a face scanning system he raised concerns about. Christchurch electrician Tim Fensom has been awarded $23,200 after he was fired for refusing to use a face scanning system. Workers were informed of the biometric system in an email on September 6, 2018, though KME bought the system in July. ​The next day when he refused again, Fensom was fired for serious misconduct. KME was ordered to pay Fensom $12,000 as compensation for humiliation and injury to feelings and $11,286 in lost wages.

Source: Stuff December 26, 2019 15:56 UTC